Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Botswana
Botswana: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 3,518 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Botswana, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 3,518 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Botswana peaked at 4,034 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 3,518 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Botswana 51st out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4,034 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 4,034 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,034 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,029 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 4,017 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 4,013 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 4,012 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,974 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 3,849 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 3,824 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 3,779 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 3,742 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 3,643 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,638 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 3,629 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 3,601 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,574 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 3,560 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 3,553 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 3,550 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,545 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,541 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,541 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,540 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,537 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,535 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,536 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,534 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,530 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,526 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,518 1000 ha | -0.2% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 3,518 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 756.08 1000 ha, 4.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 3,518 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,018 1000 ha | 3,974 1000 ha | 4,034 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,684 1000 ha | 3,560 1000 ha | 3,849 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,541 1000 ha | 3,534 1000 ha | 3,553 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,525 1000 ha | 3,518 1000 ha | 3,530 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Botswana?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Botswana was 3,518 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 4,034 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,518 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Botswana rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Botswana ranks 51st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.